Unexpect & more at The Muse
by Matt Sullivan
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A sci-fi geek's wet dream, Montreal's Unexpect weave tales of mythological creatures, faraway lands and the supernatural and pair them with ridiculously over-the-top theatrics. Borrowing from just about every metal off-shoot possible and indulging a flair for the operatic and all things medieval, the septet originally gained international notoriety with their self-released and self-distributed debut Utopia. Two albums later, Unexpect's propensity toward every imaginable aural excess leads to the band's most recognizable distinctions but also gets the best of them, occasionally sounding a bit silly for their hyper-seriousness.
Sun., Sept. 14, 7 p.m., 2008
Sun., Sept. 14, 7 p.m., 2008
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